Quant Researcher & Trader
- Machine Learning
- Python
- C++
About the Role
A trading firm is seeking a mid-to-senior Quant Researcher to develop and optimize systematic trading strategies across exchange-traded markets. This role focuses on extracting predictive signals from market data, improving execution logic, and contributing to production-grade algorithmic trading systems in a low-latency environment.
Key Responsibilities
Alpha & Signal Research
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Develop predictive trading signals using statistical modeling and machine learning techniques
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Conduct market microstructure research using tick-level and order-book datasets
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Design and test systematic strategies across equities, futures, or derivatives
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Analyze signal decay, feature stability, and regime sensitivity
Backtesting & Validation
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Build scalable back testing pipelines for strategy evaluation
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Perform robustness testing across multiple market regimes
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Detect overfitting risks and improve model generalization
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Evaluate transaction costs, slippage, and liquidity effects
Execution Optimization
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Improve execution logic and inventory management models
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Support enhancements to quoting strategies in electronic markets
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Collaborate with engineers to deploy production-ready signals
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Optimize latency-sensitive components where required
Cross-Team Collaboration
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Work alongside traders to refine strategy hypotheses
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Partner with engineering teams on implementation workflows
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Contribute to internal research tools and analytics frameworks
MSc or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Financial Engineering, or related quantitative discipline
-      5–8+ years experience in quantitative research or systematic trading environments
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Strong programming skills in Python
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Working knowledge of C++ preferred
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Strong foundation in probability, statistics, optimization, and time-series modeling
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Experience working with market data at scale
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